Max Weinberg

Services for Max Weinberg, 73, a lawyer for more than 50 years in Chicago and senior partner of Fischel & Kahn, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel at 9200 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. Mr. Weinberg, of Glencoe, died Sunday in Highland Park Hospital. He was a past president of the John Howard Association, serving in the post in 1975 and 1976. He also was on the board of the Sta-Right Corporation of Delavan, Wis. Survivors include his wife, Louise; a son, Charles; two daughters, Mary Graham and Amy Mysel; and four...

Johnny Carson had Doc Severinsen. David Letterman has Paul Shaffer. Conan O'Brien had Max Weinberg. And Seth Meyers will have Fred Armisen ? Meyers, set to take over NBC's regular "Late Night" franchise at 12:35 a.m. starting February 24, will be joined by a band led by Armisen. The two had overlapping tenures at "Saturday Night Live." Meyers, who started with the show in 2001, left the program after its most recent live broadcast, while Armisen joined in 2002 and...

A weekly roundup of five activities spanning the leisure spectrum. `INTO THE WOODS' 1. Though it won the 1987 Tony award for best score, this musical is likely to resonate with modern day "Wicked" fans because of the fantasy theme. While "Wicked" is the prequel to "The Wizard of Oz," "Into the Woods" concerns the postscripts of several famous fairy tales. The main characters are a cursed couple unable to have children but still trying to live "happily...

As Conan O'Brien bid farewell to America last week on "The Tonight Show," he said that if HBO does a movie about him, Tilda Swinton should play him. The award-winning Swinton was asked about this at the Sundance Film Festival this week and she said she would relish the opportunity to portray the redhead. "I would just be only too happy," she said. Who else should be cast in the movie? Andy Richter played by Patton Oswalt They have similar body types and Oswalt can be hilarious and deadpan.

Everyone's wondering what Conan O'Brien will do next. But what about the rest of his crew? RedEye has a few suggestions. Andy Richter Stay as "Tonight Show" sidekick as part of NBC's "intellectual property." Triumph Become one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted after pooping on everyone. And we mean everyone. Max Weinberg Make time for secret family. Masturbating bear Sex rehab. La Bamba Popularize fedoras nationwide.

Everyone's wondering what Conan O'Brien will do next. But what about the rest of his crew? RedEye has a few suggestions. Andy Richter Stay as "Tonight Show" sidekick as part of NBC's "intellectual property." Triumph Become one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted after pooping on everyone. And we mean everyone. Max Weinberg Make time for secret family. Masturbating bear Sex rehab. La Bamba Popularize fedoras nationwide.

Various artists Max Weinberg Presents: Let There Be Drums! Volumes 1-3 (Rhino) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) The three stars are for the music itself, which can be enjoyed as a collection of 56 pop, rock and soul hits, and a few semi-obscurities, from the '50s through the '70s. As a representation of rock drumming, however, these discs are seriously flawed. Max Weinberg, formerly Bruce Springsteen's powerhouse pummeler, and currently Conan O'Brien's "Late Night"...

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band came to the United Center on Sunday promising to give only the second public performance of the "Born to Run" album. They delivered and then some in a concert that had twice the energy of their performance at the same venue in May. The 1975 album has held up well -- six of its eight songs are in regular rotation at Springsteen concerts, and I've yet to see one of his shows where the title track hasn't been a highlight. But...

As Conan O'Brien bid farewell to America last week on "The Tonight Show," he said that if HBO does a movie about him, Tilda Swinton should play him. The award-winning Swinton was asked about this at the Sundance Film Festival this week and she said she would relish the opportunity to portray the redhead. "I would just be only too happy," she said. Who else should be cast in the movie? Andy Richter played by Patton Oswalt They have similar body types and Oswalt can be hilarious and deadpan.

Jay Weinberg soaks his hands in a bucket of cold water following his band's performance at Beat Kitchen in Roscoe Village. It has become a ritual for the 18-year-old drummer, who says it helps him deal with the swelling and blisters on his hands. He admits that it hurts when he plays, but he refuses to let it get in the way. "It's too fun to quit," says Weinberg after a performance with The Reveling. Weinberg, son of E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg, began playing four years...

Jay Weinberg soaks his hands in a bucket of cold water following his band's performance at Beat Kitchen in Roscoe Village. It has become a ritual for the 18-year-old drummer, who says it helps him deal with the swelling and blisters on his hands. He admits that it hurts when he plays, but he refuses to let it get in the way. "It's too fun to quit," says Weinberg after a performance with The Reveling. Weinberg, son of E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg, began playing four years...

All hail Jay Weinberg. Familiar name, new face. He's the teenage son of longtime E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg, and he and Dad have been sharing timekeeping duties on the current Bruce Springsteen tour, which played to a sold-out house Tuesday at the United Center. With the younger Weinberg in the drum chair for the final two-thirds of the three-hour show, the band's chemistry was slightly unsettled for the better. Jay Weinberg hits just as hard as his father and is a touch...

E!'s Chelsea Handler Houdini-ed me! I thought I was the grand master Houdini until I hung out with the comedian last week. So my girlfriends and I were with Handler, whose "The Chelsea Handler Show" just began airing, at Bella Lounge for some food and drinks after her stand-up routine at Zanies on Wednesday night. We were closing out at our table and about to head to Y bar when Handler said she was going to stop in the bathroom. About 30 minutes passed, and Handler had not returned.

Bruce Springsteen's work was done for the moment. The first set had ended Sunday at the sold-out United Center, the chords of "Badlands" still ringing, and he was waving his appreciation to the audience. But he didn't let go of his guitar, hoisting it above his head as the E Street Band gathered around him. It was a fitting image for an evening in which Springsteen chopped away at his guitar like he was going to war, driving his band through 135 no-nonsense minutes. It was a terse...

Johnny Carson had Doc Severinsen. David Letterman has Paul Shaffer. Conan O'Brien had Max Weinberg. And Seth Meyers will have Fred Armisen ? Meyers, set to take over NBC's regular "Late Night" franchise at 12:35 a.m. starting February 24, will be joined by a band led by Armisen. The two had overlapping tenures at "Saturday Night Live." Meyers, who started with the show in 2001, left the program after its most recent live broadcast, while Armisen joined in 2002 and...

A weekly roundup of five activities spanning the leisure spectrum. `INTO THE WOODS' 1. Though it won the 1987 Tony award for best score, this musical is likely to resonate with modern day "Wicked" fans because of the fantasy theme. While "Wicked" is the prequel to "The Wizard of Oz," "Into the Woods" concerns the postscripts of several famous fairy tales. The main characters are a cursed couple unable to have children but still trying to live "happily...

All hail Jay Weinberg. Familiar name, new face. He's the teenage son of longtime E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg, and he and Dad have been sharing timekeeping duties on the current Bruce Springsteen tour, which played to a sold-out house Tuesday at the United Center. With the younger Weinberg in the drum chair for the final two-thirds of the three-hour show, the band's chemistry was slightly unsettled for the better. Jay Weinberg hits just as hard as his father and is a touch...

E!'s Chelsea Handler Houdini-ed me! I thought I was the grand master Houdini until I hung out with the comedian last week. So my girlfriends and I were with Handler, whose "The Chelsea Handler Show" just began airing, at Bella Lounge for some food and drinks after her stand-up routine at Zanies on Wednesday night. We were closing out at our table and about to head to Y bar when Handler said she was going to stop in the bathroom. About 30 minutes passed, and Handler had not returned.

After all manner of sour speculation and he's-a-disaster reports from rehearsals, Conan O'Brien jumped playfully into David Letterman's vacated 11:35 p.m. NBC shoes with a Monday debut that was more than mildly amusing. Some stuff on the show may have been shockingly familiar: the apartment-like set, three guests, band and even a portly sidekick, in the blond, smiling form of comic Andy Richter. But O'Brien, fighting off understandable nervousness, hinted that he...

What has happened to the series "Dark Skies"? Will it continue later? According to the fall schedule recently released by NBC, the show about aliens' alleged role in recent American history won't be returning. The network initially had high hopes for the series as part of the Saturday-night "Thrillogy" concept, but its absence throughout much of the spring didn't bode well for its renewal chances; neither did the delay of the airing of its season finale until the...